In exile from Russia, Pinchas Goldschmidt is formally out as Moscow’s chief rabbi after 29 years An influential spiritual leader in much of Europe, he had left Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow’s chief rabbi in exile after refusing to back Putin’s war on Ukraine, relative says Pinchas Goldschmidt, who was briefly kicked out of Russia in 2005, is generally tight lipped about politics.
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